Get Preaching: Growing as a Preacher

Get Preaching

by Jonathan Gemmell

Preaching is hard work. Anyone who has preached even for a short while will comprehend the synapse straining effort it takes to write and deliver a sermon. This book is to help people progress in their preaching over the long–haul of ministry, it addresses both skills and attitudes. Every preacher can become a better preacher.

128 pages, Paperback

Published July 3, 2020

Reviews

[Tim Sheppard · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very short reminder of the things we're so prone to let-slip. As Gemmell mentions at various points, you're unlikely to be blown away by any great surprises, but the things he encourages his readers to be guarded against are worth bringing to mind frequently - and this brief book's brevity makes that much easier to accomplish. I was grateful for his clear message (that every preacher can be a better preacher), for his concern to keep the main thing the main thing, and for some very practical tips. But its greatest strength (and, alas, weakness) is its conciseness - an easy book to pick up off the shelf (as I hope I will many times in the future), but I'll need to go elsewhere to see any of its ideas more fully developed.

[Alistair Chalmers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was so excited to receive this surprise book in the post. Preaching is a wonderful privilege, but it is also a task that you never master. Seminary can give you the theology of preaching, practice can give you the experience of preaching and feedback can keep you sharp. A preacher should be constantly growing. In this short, but very important and helpful book, Gemmell draws you into a conversation about how exactly you can grow as a preacher. Each chapter is full of great and practical advice and tips on how to improve as a preacher and grow in your job of communicating God’s Word faithfully. Gemmell’s book is full of some great wee one liners that I’ll be posting on my social media pages. If you’re a preacher this book will be a great tool to have on your book shelf.

[Ben Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really helpful reminders of the reality that the preachers primary concern is the teaching of the word. Also a call for preachers to keep trying to improve and have a zeal for becoming better communicators, something that I think our denomination lacks in comparison to others.
Often it's seen I think as trying to add to the word with our own eloquence, but really the congregation is served best when we make it as easy as possible to understand what the word is saying.

[J.T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic read on the encouragement to KEEP growing as a preacher. Concise, clear, and a great exhortation to preachers young and old.